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- The Devil
Inside
Theatre Release: January 6, 2012
Genre: Horror, Suspense, Thriller
MPAA Rating: (R)
Studio: Paramount
Cast: Fernanda Andrade, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley
The Story
In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi
confessing that she had brutally killed three people.
20 years later, her daughter Isabella seeks to understand the truth about
what happened that night.
She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy
where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally
ill or demonically possessed.
When she recruits two young exorcists to cure her mom using unconventional
methods combining both science and religion, they come face-to-face with
pure evil in the form of four powerful demons possessing Maria.
- War Horse
Theatre Release: January 8, 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
MPAA Rating: (PG-13)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Distribution
Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Tom
Hiddleston, Jeremy Irvine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Kebbell
The Story
A friendship begins between a horse named Joey and a young man called
Albert, who tames and trains him.
When they are forcefully parted, the horse moves through the First World
War, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets -- British
cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter.
- Joyful Noise
Theatre Release:
January 13, 2012
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
MPAA Rating: (PG-13)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Cast: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance,
Jeremy Jordan
The Story
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the
people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by
winning the National Joyful Noise Competition.
The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between
its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart.
Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with
their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow thinks
tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old.
Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.'s rebellious grandson,
Randy. Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose's
beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia, and the sparks between the two
teenagers are causing even more friction between G.G. and Vi Rose.
If these two strong-willed women can put aside their differences for the
good of the people in their town, they--and their choir--may make the most
joyful noise of all.
- Contraband
Theatre Release: January 13, 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
MPAA Rating: (R)
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi,
Lukas Haas
The Story
Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his
brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs,
Chris is forced back into doing what he does best -- running contraband --
to settle Andy's debt.
Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of
his best friend, Sebastian, to head to Panama and return with millions in
counterfeit bills.
Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must
use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network
of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate, and sons
become their target.
- Beauty and the Beast
Theatre Release: January 15, 2012
Genre: Kids/Family
MPAA Rating: (PG)
Studio:
Walt Disney Pictures
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David
Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce, Rex Everhart, Jesse Corti,
Hal Smith, Jo Anne Worley
The Story
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST represented a major milestone for Walt Disney Feature
Animation upon its release in 1991. With a beloved fairytale as their
inspiration, Disney artists built upon everything they had learned on THE
LITTLE MERMAID and the resulting film proved Disney's animation renaissance
was in full bloom.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST transcended its medium - it was a magical and enduring
romantic adventure that critics and audiences alike regarded as one of the
best films of the year, animated or not. It also became the first and only
animated film ever to be nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award® - and
picked up Oscars® for Best Score and Best Original Song along the way.
- Rampart
Theatre Release: January 23, 2012
Genre: Drama, Crime,
MPAA Rating: (R)
Studio: Millennium Entertainment
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright Penn, Sigourney Weaver, Ice Cube,
Ned Beatty
The Story
Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart
Precinct cop, dedicated to doing "the people's dirty work" and asserting his
own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to
maintain his action-hero state of mind.
When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a
personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins
and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption
scandal seal his fate. Brown internalizes his fear, anguish and paranoia as
his world, complete with two ex-wives who are sisters, two daughters, an
aging mentor dispensing bad advice, investigators galore, and a series of
seemingly random women, starts making less and less sense.
In the end, what is left is a human being stripped of all his pretense,
machismo, chauvinism, arrogance, sexism, homophobia, racism, aggression,
misanthropy; but is it enough to redeem him as a man?
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
Theatre Release: January 27, 2012
Genre: Drama, Foreign, Thriller
MPAA Rating: (NR)
Studio: Oscilloscope Pictures
Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell,
Rocky Duer
The Story
Eva is the mother of Kevin, a teenage boy who went on a murderous rampage at
his high school, killing several of his classmates.
Following the tragedy, Eva is overwhelmed with grief as well as guilt, and
she finds herself the target of her community's anger for raising a son who
is considered a monster.
She moves to a smaller home, endures vandalism, tries to earn a living, and
occasionally visits Kevin in prison.
In an attempt to cope with this dreadful situation, Eva reaches out in
writing to Kevin's father, her estranged husband.
- In Darkness
Theatre Release: January 27, 2012
Genre: Drama, Foreign
MPAA Rating: (NR)
Studio:
Sony Pictures Classics
The Story
Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city
in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the
liquidation of the ghetto.
He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the
bustling activity of the city above.
What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns
into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the
Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience.
- W.E.
Theatre Release: February 3, 2012
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: (NR) Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Abbie Cornish, James Fox, Oscar Isaac, James D'Arcy, Andrea
Riseborough
The Story
The year is 1998, and Manhattan is abuzz with anticipation about the
upcoming auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
But the auction is far more than a diversion for Wally Winthrop, a
transplanted Southerner trapped in an unhappy and abusive marriage.
Transfixed by the exquisite artifacts of the Windsors' lives, Wally becomes
obsessed with the love story of Wallis Simspon, the chic, charismatic
American who captured the heart of King Edward VIII.
As she learns more about the sacrifices Wallis made in choosing to be with
Edward, Wally finds the courage to follow her own heart and create her own
happiness.
- The Innkeepers
Theatre Release: February 3, 2012
Genre: Horror, Suspense, Thriller
MPAA Rating: (R)
Studio: Magnet Releasing, Dark Sky Films
Cast: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Alison Bartlett, Jake Schlueter, Kelly
McGillis
The Story
Set in the venerable Yankee Pedlar Inn, which is about to shut its doors for
good after over a century of service.
Believed by many to be one of New England's "most haunted hotels," the last
remaining employees, Claire and Luke are determined to uncover proof before
it shuts down for good.
As the Inn's final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of
minimum wage "ghost hunters" begin to experience strange and alarming events
that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel's long
unexplained history.
- The Woman in Black
Theatre Release: February 3, 2012
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense, Thriller
MPAA Rating: (PG-13) Official Site: click here
Studio: CBS Films
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White, Alisa
Khazanova
The Story
A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful
ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
Courtesy:
Romi Patel
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Romi Patel